Animation is on the menu this Thanksgiving as Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox goes into wide release Nov. 25.
The Fox movie, which has been playing for a couple of weeks on a quartet of screens in Los Angeles and New York, will play at more than 2,000 cinemas.
Meanwhile, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog opens in a very limited advance release, playing on a mere two screens ‘ one at the Disney studio in Burbank; the other screen being the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Both engagements also offer The Ultimate Disney Experience, a post-screening event that includes events for the entire family.
Tickets for these shows can be purchased online at www.princessandfrogtickets.com or by phone at 1-800-DISNEY6. The Princess and the Frog opens wide Dec. 11.
Also opening Wednesday is the action film Ninja Assassin, which bows in 2,500 cinemas, and the comedy Old Dogs, set to screen in some 3,300 theaters.
